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Thursday, February 21, 2013

Painting Shelves

Painting shelves continued...(new readers may not know but this post is a continuation of my long project of painting all the shelving units in my three booths at Village Antiques Mall, a thrifty do-it-myself ongoing project)First set of shelves in this group were painted in January. The second set is now finished mid+ February. This has been a very slow to finish project but I had 2 hours on Tuesday night (late night at the mall for dealers) and I was ready to paint more shelves. Boxed the books. wiped the shelves free of dust and worked as fast as I could. Took 2 1/2 hours. I got home just as full dark arrived.

A finished section of three shelves filled the next morning.

Here are the shelves before I emptied them.

Ready to paint.

Painted, left to dry overnight.

Went back to the mall Wednesday morning and filled them.

Painted sets of shelves.

Another project finished. Whew!(yes I know the bottom 2 shelves in each unit are not yet painted but that is either for another painting session or a 'never to be done' job)

Six shelves, closer views.

Some readers (Brenda, Claudia, Sue, Gail, Denise and many more of my dear blogging friends) will notice that I did not use my new camera. Bit fuzzy, but you can get the idea if not the clear detail. Worked fast, took pictures quickly. Life. Other 'painting shelves posts here, here, here, here, here, here.

In reviewing the painting saga over the past two years I notice I have learned a great deal about posting and presentation. That is a 'good' thing. How is painting a favorite thing? I love being a reseller in a vintage mall and painting a shelving unit for better presentation is part of the whole favorite thing concept.

Finding a place to put all the stuff when you empty the shelves is the challenge!! I have bookshelves full of vintage things also (inventory for an online shop) in my office and the walls desperately need painting! It will be a section at a time, I'm sure! Yours look great!

Good for you, Joy! My goodness, that's a lot of painting and I know it can be tedious. You know, I don't always use my good camera. If I have the time, of course. But sometimes, I just haul out my phone and snap away!

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Hello from Joy

An ever expanding collection of beautiful and vintage items started my small business in a beautiful space in an antiques and collectibles mall called Village Antiques Mall in Fort Langley, BC. My booth space is called "A Vintage Green".